The suspects charged with capital murder in the city's first homicide of the year left an obvious trail of evidence and witnesses, newly released court records indicated Friday.

Brandon Kenneth Mabonga, 19, Jonathan Chase Booker, 18, and Davontay Tyrone Johnson, 18, are charged with capital murder in the Jan. 29 shooting death of 35-year-old David Douglas Mays in the 1000 block of Woods Street. Their bonds were set at $2 million each.

According to arrest affidavits:

A tip from an anonymous caller came in about 1½ hours after the shooting and the person told a dispatcher that "Uncle Tay" was one of the suspects in the shooting and a brother of his might have been involved, too. During the investigation, detectives also learned from an associate of Mays that someone who goes by the name "Tay" was a suspect and named Booker, specifically, as a suspect.

A records check showed that "Uncle Tay" is an alias used by Johnson. Mays' associate confirmed Johnson's identity from a photo.

On Jan. 31, two days after Mays' murder, officers with the Wichita Falls Police Gang Task Force conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Johnson was driving. Johnson told the officers that he didn't have a driver's license or insurance and also was in possession of a Cobra Enterprises .38-caliber derringer. He was taken into custody and was informed by Detective Brad Love that he was a suspect in a murder case.

The handgun and dark clothing Johnson was wearing were taken as evidence. During an interview, Johnson told officers that he knew Mays, but didn't have anything to do with the murder.

Officers then received a call Feb. 1 from someone who said Johnson told them Johnson and Booker were going to rob someone from California and lived on Woods Street. A public records search indicates Mays might have come from the Los Angeles area.

The individual also told officers that Johnson had a silver handgun and described the derringer officers confiscated Jan. 31. The person said Booker was present during the conversation and had a shotgun with a scope. They also said Mabonga may have been the driver for Johnson and Booker.

The same person called officers back Feb. 8 and told them Johnson had said that he and Booker had been involved in the Jan. 29 murder. The person told officers the pair went to the house and demanded money and drugs from Mays. When Mays didn't give them anything, Johnson told the person they "just shot him and left."

A U.S. marshal in Oklahoma called the Police Department Feb. 14 regarding an arrest warrant issued for Johnson and Booker related to an aggravated robbery in December in the 4700 block of Tammy Drive in Wichita Falls. The marshal said they received information that Johnson was hiding out in a Lawton apartment. The marshal called the next day to inform them Johnson may have hidden firearms and ammunition at a relative's home and later confirmed he had found a shotgun with a scope and a .22-caliber rifle under the house.

Detectives interviewed Booker on March 6, records indicate, and Booker confessed that he and Johnson committed the aggravated robbery in December. He told detectives he was in possession of a shotgun with a scope and Johnson had a two-shot derringer.

During the interview, Booker was shown photos of the derringer confiscated from Johnson on Jan. 31 and the shotgun recovered in Lawton. He positively identified both weapons as those being used in the aggravated robbery. He also told detectives they were trying to get money and/or drugs from the man.

WFPD received ballistics results from the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Garland on April 5 that showed the bullet recovered from Mays' body during autopsy matched the markings of one that had been fired from the top barrel of the derringer.

When detectives interviewed Mabonga on April 24, he told detectives that he drove the suspect vehicle with Booker inside to the 600 block of Roosevelt to pick up Johnson the morning of the shooting. He said he then drove to the intersection of Woods and Holland streets, where Johnson and Booker got out and walked up to Mays' residence. The 19-year-old said Johnson had a handgun, described to be similar to the one officers confiscated in January, and Booker had a shotgun with a scope.

Mabonga told detectives that Johnson walked up to the front porch out of eyesight. He said he then heard Johnson yell, "You've got seven seconds to tell me what I want to know or I'll kill you." He told officers he heard Johnson begin a countdown and then a gunshot, followed by Booker and Johnson running back to the vehicle.

The three drove back to Johnson's home on Roosevelt, Mabonga told detectives, and Johnson threatened to "kill anyone who talked about the shooting."

Mabonga was shown photos of the derringer and shotgun, and he positively identified them as the weapons Johnson and Booker had in their possession Jan. 29 at the home in the 1000 block of Woods.

In addition to the capital murder charges, Johnson and Booker also are in jail on aggravated robbery charges from the December home invasion. Their bonds for that charge were set at $1 million each.